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The Power Of The Paintbrush: How Art Therapy Is Saving Children With Mental Health Issues

The Power Of The Paintbrush: How Art Therapy Is Saving Children With Mental Health Issues  - So, for a child with limited language skills, opening up about their feelings .... to the stigma surrounding the UK's mental health crisis among children .

We Owe It To Our Children To Talk Openly About Their Mental Health

We Owe It To Our Children To Talk Openly About Their Mental Health  - Many adults struggle to discuss mental health with their friends, so it's little ... With this in mind, The Huffington Post UK sought the advice of child  ...

Science's Magic Solution To Children's Mental Health Is Missing One Simple Ingredient

Science's Magic Solution To Children's Mental Health Is Missing One Simple Ingredient  - On the right: Anna Freud, a pioneer in the field of child psychoanalysis ... part of The Huffington Post UK's Young Minds Matter series, guest edited by The ... But work in the field is being held back because children with mental health ...

The Kids Are Not Alright: Homelessness and Its Impact on Children's Mental Health

The Kids Are Not Alright: Homelessness and Its Impact on Children's Mental Health  - It never gets easier to hear the gut-wrenching stories of homelessness that families across the country have to deal with every day. Ordinary families whose lives have, through no fault of their own, taken a turn for the worse. Be it a sudden injury, an unexpected redundancy, a break-up with a partner, or simply soaring rents - all it

Sheila Redfern :The Importance of Being a Reflective Parent

Sheila Redfern :The Importance of Being a Reflective Parent  - This can start with being curious about what their child's behaviour might ... to the stigma surrounding the UK's mental health crisis among children .

Virtual therapy 'helps with depression', researchers say

Virtual therapy 'helps with depression', researchers say  - This latest research - which has been published in the British Journal of ... The patient was asked to mentally identify with the adult avatar, which exactly ... They were told to say compassionate phrases to the child to try and comfort ...

United Nations to quiz Britain over Taser use by police on children

United Nations to quiz Britain over Taser use by police on children  - Taser use by British police on children is likely to be high on the agenda ... been identified by police as mentally ill, according to Home Office figures.

NHS to blame for 400 suicides a year due to failure to understand mental health problems

NHS to blame for 400 suicides a year due to failure to understand mental health problems  - Experts have grown concerned about the increasing prevalence of psychological problems among children . The number arriving at A&E departments ...

What I Learned From Being Outed in Ugandan Tabloids

What I Learned From Being Outed in Ugandan Tabloids  - But in Uganda, they have too often broken this trust to publish dangerous and unfounded rumors about LGBTI people. Ugandan tabloids have been ...

Tackling global ignorance

Tackling global ignorance  - It's been 10 months since Berry -- a veteran diplomat -- has served as the US special envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons. The position ...

Protest against same-sex school formal backfires

Protest against same-sex school formal backfires  - funding for Safe Schools because it "targets children as young as 11 and refers children to websites supporting all manner of LGBTI behaviour".

STOP SAFE Schools Coalition wants to prevent LGBTI youth from attending same-sex formal

STOP SAFE Schools Coalition wants to prevent LGBTI youth from attending same-sex formal  - AN online group has spoken out against the support of LGBTI youth provided by the Safe Schools Coalition, and encouraged its followers to prevent ...

Switzerland's Christian Democrats are trying to ban gay marriage by stealth this month

Switzerland's Christian Democrats are trying to ban gay marriage by stealth this month  - The Christian Democrats appear to be banking on married people putting their own economic interests before their support for the rights of LGBTI  ...

LGBTI community asks govt to honour its rights

LGBTI community asks govt to honour its rights  - The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex ( LGBTI ) community has drawn the attention of the government regarding ...

LGBTI training implementation must be be better, say studies

LGBTI training implementation must be be better, say studies  - A training program designed to upskill aged care workers on LGBTI issues in Australia is achieving positive results, according to a new survey.

Adidas: We won't dump athleteswho come out

Adidas: We won't dump athleteswho come out  - If a sportsperson comes out, would it still be difficult for them to find the sponsorship they need to continue toward their goals? For LGBTI athletes there ...

American Idol star comes out with a kiss

American Idol star comes out with a kiss  - Rayvon Owen who once tried to 'pray the gay away,' has come out in a music video where he kisses a man. Rayvon Owen who came fourth in last ...

Lady Gaga blew the Grammys away with her Bowie tribute

Lady Gaga blew the Grammys away with her Bowie tribute  - It was one of the most eagerly anticipated performances of the entire night – Lady Gaga's emotional tribute to the The Thin White Duke himself, David ...

Stephen Fry is now 'leaving the UK' after quitting Twitter

Stephen Fry is now 'leaving the UK ' after quitting Twitter  - One Telegraph columnist claimed that Fry's comments were sexist – and illustrate that “a worrying number of gay men are misogynist”. In a blog post ...

Flags for gay-friendly college

Flags for gay -friendly college  - Staff and students at West Nottinghamshire College have raised rainbow flags across their campuses to support the beginning of lesbian, gay , ...

New poll suggests Hillary Clinton has got the LGBT vote

New poll suggests Hillary Clinton has got the LGBT vote  - Interestingly, the poll asked which Republican politician was the most supportive of gay rights – 73% responded that neither Donald Trump, John ...

31% Of Donald Trump Supporters Want To Ban Gay People From The United States

31% Of Donald Trump Supporters Want To Ban Gay People From The United States  - The Public Policy Polling survey also dives into South Carolina Trump supporters' views on Muslims, gay people and the outcome of the United States ...

Pet Shop Boys release new single The Pop Kids

Pet Shop Boys release new single The Pop Kids  - The pair are currently preparing for the release of their 13th studio album Super, and have announced four UK concerts at the Royal Opera House in ...

LGBT youngsters have support of gay rights campaigner in documentary that combats

LGBT youngsters have support of gay rights campaigner in documentary that combats  -    A gay rights campaigner and author has thrown his weight behind a documentary about the prejudices young LGBT people in Worksop and the ...